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The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
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This is the trap of having something to live for: Everything else seems lifeless.
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Life goes on. Get over it. You're still young. It'll get better. Blah, Blah, Blah
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I don't get this at all. It's like protesting the fact that some people are red-haired.
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Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would be if we let it be. I can only guess from observation.
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I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.
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Maybe your history just repeats and repeats until it batters you enough to snap the seams that hold you together
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There are many things that can keep you in a relationship, I say. Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change.
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...and suddenly you started singing out your love for me. My name and everything, loud enough to reach the top floors of all the buildings. I should have told you to stop, but I didn’t want you to stop. I didn’t mind if your love for me woke people up. I didn’t mind if it somehow sneaked into their sleep.
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Sorry to be so cynical, but this is New York
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She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both.
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I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you only see one thing in me.
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